Blog This ed-reform trend is supposed to motivate students. Instead, it shames them. Share This Post Education This ed-reform trend is supposed to motivate students. Instead, it shames them. By redkudzu_admin on May 29th 2016 No Comments / 404 views My third-graders tumbled into the classroom, and one child I’d especially been watching for — I need to protect her privacy, so I’ll call her Janie — immediately noticed the two poster-size charts I’d hung low on the wall. Still wearing her jacket, she let her backpack drop to the floor and raised one finger to touch her name on the math achievement chart. Slowly, she traced the row of dots representing her scores for each state standard on the latest practice test. Red, red, yellow, red, green, red, red. Janie is a child capable of much drama, but that morning she just lowered her gaze to the floor and shuffled to her chair. read Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Login with: Continue with Facebook Continue with Google Continue with Twitter Education Over Reach Share This Post redkudzu_admin The goal of this site is to give information. Whether from national sites or locally in Georgia. Related Articles PhD Mom Blasts Common Core in Letter to Obama: Here’s a Test Eva Has to Take but Malia & Sasha Don’t April 21st 2014 History Of The Second Amendment May 20th 2016 The Raping of America: Mile Markers on the Road to Fascism May 30th 2016